TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- With a showdown against No. 4 Clemson on the horizon, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher is using the bye week to see if his 13th-ranked Seminoles can sustain the momentum they have regained.Florida State dropped to 3-2 with a 37-35 loss to North Carolina on Oct. 1 but has rebounded with wins at Miami and against Wake Forest last week.Even with the recent wins, Fisher still doesnt feel his team has come close to playing its best football of the season.Weve got to play a little better at times. Weve been practicing better so hopefully well continue to grow, he said.The Seminoles (5-2, 2-2 ACC) have put together strong halves against Miami , No. 23 Mississippi and South Florida, but they have yet to put together a full game. Opponents have scored first five times and FSU trailed by double digits at halftime four times, including both losses.The defense, which allowed an average of 35.4 points and 438.4 yards in the first five games, has given up just one touchdown the past six quarters. The unit also held Miami (276) and Wake (252) under 300 yards.A big reason for the improvement has been the defensive line. Derrick Nnadi, who was limited the first month of the season due to a foot injury, has eight tackles in the past two games while DeMarcus Walker is second in the nation in sacks (8.5).An injury-riddled secondary has also seen a couple younger players step in and play better. Cornerback Tarvarus McFadden leads the ACC in interceptions with five and Ermon Lane has made a quick transition from wide receiver to safety.Walker said the recent performances from the defense have been encouraging and that everyone is doing a better job of communicating on the field.Even with the recent improvements, the Seminoles have allowed 43 plays of 20 yards or more, which is second-worst among Power 5 conference teams.Offensively, Fisher is hoping that the week off allows him to fix pass protection problems that has allowed freshman quarterback Deondre Francois to be hit 15 times and sacked nine times. Some of the issues are due to Francois holding on to the ball too long but others can be attributed to breakdowns by the offensive line and running backs missing key blocks.Its not so much getting beat physically. Its a little bit of technique. Were out of place or over setting guys, but its nothing we cant fix for the next weekend, left tackle Rod Johnson said.Francois has performed well though despite often being under pressure. He has been responsible for 13 touchdowns (including 10 passing) with only three interceptions.I like the way hes played with his toughness, made good decisions for the most part, He hasnt had many turnovers but the pick (against Wake Forest) was a poor decision, just got to throw it away.Florida State has won 11 of the past 12 games against Clemson at Doak Campbell Stadium, including the past four. However it is likely to go into the game in a rare position -- a home underdog.Plenty of time will be spent watching film on Clemsons Deshaun Watson, but Walker said when they play the Tigers and their star quarterback on Oct. 29, it wont be any different from other years.Were going into this game worried about ourselves. Were not worried about anything else, Walker said. 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He was having fun with him. He was the best at making you feel welcome. He made you feel like youve known him for 30 years.This was the very essence of Palmer, who died Sunday and left a gaping hole in the world of golf.This was the personal touch.Three months before his death, Palmer eased into the chair in his Pennsylvania office and started in on a lifes work that never seemed to end. On the desk next to him was a stack of photos, tournament flags and other memorabilia that fans from across the country had sent him, asking for an autograph.Some days he would sign for 10 minutes, other days an hour, depending on his energy level.But he signed.The walls outside his office are covered with personal letters from presidents dating to Dwight D. Eisenhower and other leaders. Palmer knew them all, and the letters showed how much they cherished their relationship with him.Palmer, however, treated the unknown fans with as much consideration.He made them feel important.Phil Mickelson learned that lesson over the years. The most important Palmer imparted: Never walk past anybody.He always made eye contact. He always acknowledged they were there, Mickelson said. We all try, but we never live up to his standard. He made the difficult look easy.His signature is among the most famous in sport. Everyone can read it, each letter just as legible as the A and the P. One year in his office at Bay Hill, Palmer reached for a black pen and a blank sheet of paper to show how he learned to write. He even remembered the name of his teacher in the first grade, Rita Taylor, and the Palmer Method of Writing that was scrawled on the blackboard.Thats how kids in the 1930s learned to write. The method wasnt named after Palmer. He just perfected it.Moving his large hand in a circular motion until there was a large, black dot on the paper, the King showed that it was about using the arm, not the wrist, as he moved down the line to write his name.dddddddddddd No telling how often that signature has been written. As Rocco Mediate said, Palmer autographs dont sell for much because there are probably 8 billion of them.And nothing is more personal than a letter.Gavin Hall, who plays for the Texas Longhorns, was 14 when a letter arrived in the mail from the Bay Hill Invitational in 2009. It was from Palmer, whom he had never met and never did. Hall had played in the prestigious Monroe Invitational in upstate New York that year. Palmers grandson, Sam Saunders, also was in the field. Maybe thats why he wrote.I was pleased to hear of your recent accomplishments on the golf course, the letter begins. It goes on to encourage Hall to stay devoted to the game without dismissing his education.Hall was in a minor state of shock.There was no way it was Arnold Palmer. How in the heck would he know what I did? Hall said Monday. It was amazing. To this day, its the best letter I ever received. Can you believe the amount of people he has reached? How many lives? I never met him, and he still wrote that.Hall, who qualified for the 2013 U.S. Open as an 18-year-old, was one of the younger recipients. But he wasnt alone.Each week, Palmer wrote letters to every player who won on tours large and small. Russell Knox was one of them. He won his first Web.com Tour event five years ago outside San Francisco, and a few weeks later received a letter from the King.I called my dad and said: `Youre not going to believe this. Arnold Palmer wrote me a letter, Knox said. He didnt believe me.Palmer kept a tight schedule three years ago. He took time for a visitor before two meetings and lunch with supermodel Kate Upton.He paused before signing a letter to David Frost, who had won on the Champions Tour, and said, Hes playing pretty good. The next letter was to Kevin Streelman, who had won at Innisbrook the week before. Palmer watched the back nine on television and liked what he saw.On the way out the door, an assistant told him that Japanese photographers wanted to take his picture. They were outside his door and when Palmer saw them, he rattled off his best Japanese greeting. His voice was animated. His smile put everyone at ease. The words probably didnt come out the right way. It didnt matter.They all laughed together and Palmer wrapped his arms around one of them and gave her a big hug.Just like they were old friends. Cheap NFL JerseysWholesale JerseysWholesale NFL JerseysJerseys From ChinaWholesale NFL JerseysCheap NFL JerseysCheap Jerseys ' ' '